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HB0043 • 2026

Pub. Rec./Sales of Ammunition

Pub. Rec./Sales of Ammunition

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Daley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Effective date
This act s

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details about licensees requesting criminal history record checks, so this was removed.

Public Records Exemption for Ammunition Sales

This bill creates an exemption from public records requirements for information about people who buy or transfer ammunition, as long as they are not prohibited by Florida and federal laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Exempts certain records related to ammunition buyers or transferees from being part of the public record if these individuals are allowed to purchase or receive ammunition under state and federal law.
  • Requires that such exempted information be kept confidential and not disclosed by the Department of Law Enforcement or its employees.
  • Specifies that any records created for this purpose must be destroyed within 48 hours after communicating approval or non-approval numbers to the licensee, unless they are needed longer due to legal requirements.
  • Includes a provision for future legislative review and possible repeal of the exemption by October 2, 2031.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who buy or transfer ammunition
  • The Department of Law Enforcement and its employees

Terms To Know

Public records requirements
Rules that require government agencies to make certain information available to the public.
Confidential and exempt from public records
Information that is not required to be made public or shared with anyone outside of specific authorized individuals or entities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill's effective date depends on the passage of HB 41 or similar legislation in the same legislative session.
  • It does not specify what happens if HB 41 is not passed within the specified timeframe.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. 2025-10-07 House

    • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  4. 2025-09-25 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Pub. Rec./Sales of Ammunition; Provides exemption from public records requirements for records containing certain information pertaining to buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of ammunition; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

Current Bill Text

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HB 43 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records; amending s. 2
790.065, F.S.; providing an exemption from public 3
records requirements for records containing certain 4
information pertaining to a buyer or transferee who is 5
not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of 6
ammunition; providing for future legislative review 7
and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of 8
public necessity; providing a contingent effective 9
date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 14
790.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 15
790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms.— 16
(4)(a) Any records containing any of the information set 17
forth in subsection (1) pertaining to a buyer or transferee who 18
is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of a 19
firearm or ammunition by reason of Florida and federal law which 20
records are created by the Department of Law Enforcement to 21
conduct the criminal history record check shall be confidential 22
and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and may not be 23
disclosed by the Department of Law Enforcement or any officer or 24
employee thereof to any person or to another agency. The 25

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

Department of Law Enforcement shall destroy any such records 26
forthwith after it communicates the approval and nonapproval 27
numbers to the licensee and, in any event, such records shall be 28
destroyed within 48 hours after the day of the response to the 29
licensee's request. 30
Section 2. The amendments to s. 790.065(4)(a), Florida 31
Statutes, made by this act are subject to the Open Government 32
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, Florida 33
Statutes, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2031, and the 34
text of this paragraph shall revert to that in existence on 35
September 30, 2026, except that any amendments to such text 36
enacted other than by this act shall be preserved and continue 37
to operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent 38
upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to this section, 39
unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the 40
Legislature. 41
Section 3. The Legislature finds that it is a public 42
necessity that the information pertaining to a person who is a 43
buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from 44
receipt or transfer of ammunition under s. 790.065, Florida 45
Statutes, be made confidential and exempt from public records 46
requirements under s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), 47
Article I of the State Constitution. The knowledge that a person 48
has purchased ammunition can easily lead to the conclusion that 49
the applicant or licensee has in fact armed himself or herself. 50

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

The Legislature has found in prior legislative sessions and has 51
expressed in s. 790.335(1)(a)3., Florida Statutes, that a list, 52
record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding 53
firearm owners is "an instrument that can be used as a means to 54
profile innocent citizens and to harass and abuse American 55
citizens based solely on their choice to own firearms and 56
exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as 57
guaranteed under the United States Constitution." Release of 58
personal identifying information of a person who has purchased 59
ammunition could be used to harass an innocent person based 60
solely on that person's exercised right to own a firearm. 61
Therefore, the Legislature finds that such information must be 62
held confidential and exempt from public records requirements. 63
Section 4. This act shall take effect on the same date 64
that HB 41 or similar legislation takes effect, if such 65
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 66
extension thereof and becomes a law. 67